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Russell Howard: How To Laugh Through Fear, Anxiety & Imposter Syndrome

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Russell Howard has barely been off our screens for 15 years now. The host of The Russell Howard Hour and Russell Howard’s Good News, his new special on Netflix is ‘Lubricant’ and he has a new documentary about trying to keep comedy alive during the pandemic, ‘Until the Wheels Come Off’. In this episode, Russell opens up to us about what it took to get to where he has. When he was 18, he did a stand-up gig for the first time, and instantly knew it was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. Russell quit his job and his dad gave him one year to establish himself in comedy, he managed to get signed on to an agency… with three days to go until his year was up. In a touching conversation encompassing everything from why he does comedy and what he sees as the value of it, to his closeness to his family, this is Russell as you’ve never seen him before. Follow Russell: Twitter - https://twitter.com/russellhoward Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/russellhoward Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo
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Sentiment: Passing Reference
For: Readers interested in literary analysis
Key quote: A quote attributed to T. S. Eliot is mentioned, discussing the difference between dreamers of the night and dreamers of the day.
The host briefly mentions T. S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' to illustrate a philosophical point about different types of dreamers. This reference serves to enrich the discussion without delving deeply into the book's themes.
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The Comedy Store

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There was a documentary about the comedy store on sky recently and I watched it. It was incredible and evoked the comedy store from the 70s and 80s.